Vacuum system for accessory operation and crankcase ventilation



Aug. 10, 1954.

Filed June 12, 1955 olsHEl ET Al. 2,685,776

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Patented Aug. 10, 1954 UNITED assaut STATES PATENT CFFI'CE VAGUUM SYSTEMFOR ACCESSQRY OPER,-

ATIGN AND1 CRANKCASE VENTILATON :Application-June A122, 1953, Serial No. 361,146

l Claims.

This invention relatesA to, a windshieldicleaner t system for motor vehiclesand especiallyrto one which is operableiby suction from off theiintake manifold of apowerplantfof a.vehicle. Noracceleration the.`depression inthe intake manifold is raised by the-.openingof the carburetor control, with thezresult .that the vacuumiavaihable for windshield wiper operation diminishes to'.

apoint where the .wiper may be halted. :it has been proposed to utilize an .auXilia-rysource of suction in the form ofan enginedriven pump `comiected into the suction line between the accessory and theintake manifold, -an arrangement kin Awhich the accessoryis subjected to the con stantiniiuence of the pump during. long periods of iclieness of the accessory.

The primary object ofthis inventionis to pravide in a practical manneralternate sources of ;i

`system operable from the internal combustion power .plant of a motor vehicle wherein the ventilation of the engine crankcase is assured whether or not the accessory is inoperationprovvision being made for .utilizinga windshield Wiper motor-embodied filtering structure of substantial size and shape to insure at all rtimesand under all conditions the delivery of rclean air to the crankcase and to the .wiper for protecting .the Vparts of the two mechanisms.

.In carrying out the teachings of this invention,

Aaccording `to .the illustrated embodiment, the

Ywiper motor .is provided with two suction lines or conduits'openinginto the oppositeendsnf the .Wiper motor control `valve `housingone line extending from the intake manifold and the other from a .power .drivenrotary pump, thetwo` con- .duits opening through individual portsarranged side-ilov-side .in-the vvalve seat foribeing jointly t connectedto theautomatic valve mechanism .of

`the .moton .alternately use either the pump or the manifold to-operate the wiper; ,'.both may .be .usedsimull.taneously VVAcheck valve Lin `the manifold .line

.The control valve Ais arranged vto ment in the wiper motor.

(Cl. Gil-60) 2 is spring pressed to normallyclose it. When'the pump is turning at 'aflow R. P. M. 'and the manifold vacuum ishigh, the manifold suction can overcome the spring pressure on the valve mally, int-he suction operated windshield wiper g5 and, under those circumstances, the wiper may connected to the manifold, `during -lperiods vof be operated by the suction of the manifold. Also included in the line is a .check valve mounted on the` connection leading to the pump whereby any suction applied'from the manifold will close the latter check valve to avoid drawing any air or oil out of the pump over into the accessory. This double check 'valve system provides the unique feature that when the'windshield wiper is shut off, thepump'is'ported to the windshield 5 wiper filter which is so designed as to enable `the :construction of an enlarged filter body, for example, an'elongated felt liner substantially 5/23" square and approximately 5" long, to be removably inserted in a self-contained lter compart- When the wiper is parked, an atmospheric passage is opened' to admit'free air to the pump for the time that the.

wiper is shut off. Inthis way,'both the wiper and the pump will receive filtered air through 2.5 the single filter. ft is therefore a furtherv object to provide a 'iiuid'motor unit nstallable as such and having a'selfeembodied iilter capable oi' conjoint use by the "crank oase Ventilatingv pump as well as the windshield cleaner.

.9 The foregoing and other objects will manifest themselves as this description progresses, reference being made herein to the accompanying drawings, wherein Fig. .l is afragmentary View showing the gen- .35 eral layout of the improved windshield cleaner system;

Fig. 2 is an elevation partly insection of a cleaner motor utilizing' the present invention;

Fig. 3 is a'fragmentary view showing the motor in top plan view;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional View as taken vabout on line IV-IV of Fig. 2, showing the valve porting when 'the 'control valve is in its wiper parking position;

.45 `Fig..5 is'a viewsimilar to Fig. 4 but showing the rcontrol valve in its wiper running position and with the idling manifold suctiondominating that of the pump;

Fig. 6 is a'fragmentary elevation of the wiper motor, partly in section, showing the valve porting for wiper operation;

Fig. 7 is a cross sectional view taken about on line VII- VII of Fig. 6;

vFig. v8 is va fragmentary view showing the manual actuator lforthe control valve;

Fig. 9 is a plan View of the control valve seat. parts being shown in section as on line X--IX of Fig. 5;

Fig. l is a sectional View through the engine crankcase and its supported suction pump; and

l1 is a fragmentary showing of the pump with one head or side of the pump being removed to a large extent.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the numeral l designates the windshield of a motor vehicle, 2 the windshield wipers, 3 the wiper carrying arms, and 4 their rockshafts which latter have rocker arms 5 xed thereon and joined by linksv E to a double throw crank arm l on the motor shaft 8. The wiper motor illustrated has a vane type piston 9 xed upon the shaft 3 within the arcuate shaped motor chamber I il for receiving fluid pressure impulses upon its opposite side faces in alternation and as directed by an automatic valve mechanism which latter includes a hollow motor valve H that is rookable upon a tubular stub-shaft i2 and has communication therethrough with a suction-supply port l 3. rThe valve has an open face movable upon and closed by the valve seat id, Fig. 5, for alternately reg-- istering its hollow or passage l5 with motor chamber ports i5 and Il therein when the valve is rocked in a well-known manner, as by a kicker I3 having a cam portion 2i] on which ride the follower lugs 2i of the valve, the kicker being mounted upon the motor shaft for limited rocking under the urge of an oscillatory toggle spring device 22. As the motor shaft rocks in one directiony it will carry the kicker with it until the spring device goes through a point of greatest distortion in crossing a dead center position, with respect to the two pivot axes 8 and 23, whereupon the toggle spring device will snap the kicker quickly to its other limit position and in so doing will rock the motor valve to its second operative position for reversing the iluid pressure dilferential on the piston 9.

A motor control valve having a ported valving member 24 and an inclosing housing 2 5 therefor is slidable upon a valve seat 26 on the motor. The valving member 241 may be economically formed of a strip of rubber or other suitable material and be provided with openings therethrough, with a superimposed plate 24' serving to close the openings at the upper side. A backing spring 24" lightly bears upon the composite valving member to press it upon its seat. The valve may be moved on its seat by a hand knob 27 acting through a Bowden wire 23 and a connecting rack and pinion unit 29. The control valve is confined to its seat by an overlying guiding strap 25 and when the Valve is in the motor running position it will serve to connect each chamber port to a respective extension passage i6', ll by means of valve passages 30. These extensions, which together with the chamber ports i6 and l1 open through the valve seat 26, communicate with the motor chamber l!! at op posite sides of the piston 9. When the Valve passage l5 registers with the motor port ES to establish communication between a source of suction and the corresponding side of the motor chamber, then the motor port Il will be uncovered to the atmosphere, and conversely, when the valve passage I5 registers with the motor port il then the port i6 will be uncovered. rhe foregoing construction is generally shown in an earlier Patent No. 2,617,146.

According to the present invention, the wiper motor is designed for connection both tothe intake manifold of the vehicle engine and to a suction pump driven by the engine as alternate sources of operating pressure, one source increasing its pressure supply with the throttling of the engine and the other source increasing its supply of pressure when the engine is accelerated; the arrangement being such as to favor the dominating source while protecting the accessory system against the passage of fluid thereinto from either source. To this end the wiper motor is provided with two independent supply passages, one indicated at 3| and connected by a conduit 32 to the intake manifold 33 and the other designated 34 and connected by a conduit 35 to the engine driven pump 3S which latter discharges through an exhaust passage 31 into the engine crankcase 38. The manifold passage 3l and the pump passage 34 may be cored from opposite directions into a raised pad 39 on the motor cover d and are shown in Fig. 5 as having their inner ends overlapping and opening side-by-side in ports 4| and 42, respectively, in the valve seat 2S adjacent the suction supply port I3 for being connected thereto by the Valve passage 43 when the control valve is in its running position. Each of the passages 3l and 34 has a spring seated check valve closingtoward the interposed wiper motor, the manifold check valve 44 being disposed in the motor and the pump check valve 5 being located at the pump but both acting to provide unidirectional ilow of air from the motor and precluding the pump pulling fuel over from the manifold.

For use when the wiper is arrested, the valve seat 26 is provided with four additional ports, namely, a parking suction supply port 45 opening from the manifold passage 3l, a suction port 4l opening from the pump passage 34, a parking chamber port 48 leading through passage 49 to a parking seat 5l? within the motor chamber, and a filtered air supply port 5l communicating through a passage 52 with a filter compartment 53. The valving slide member 2d is formed with three additional passages, namely, a connecting passage 54 for the parking ports 43 and 48, an atmospheric passage 55 for opening into the extension passage Il', and a second connecting passage 56 for joining the ports il and 5l. When the control valve 24 isin its wiper arresting or parking position, the three valve passages 54, 55 and 56 will function rst to cause the motor piston 3 to engage its parking seat 5S and secondly to provide the pump 35 with filtered air in a quantity that will be adequate for practical crankcase ventilation.

An ample supply of ltered air is insured by providing a lter chamber of suncient size on the wiper motor` without unduly enlarging it to such an extent as to make it dicult to install in the already crowded space underlying the nstrument panel. As shown in Fig. 2, the lter chamber is U-shape, the same having inner and outer walls 5l and 58, respectively, that are joined at their ends by transverse walls 53, 59. The wall 59 is formed with an outlet opening 6G over which the passage 52 seats when the cover t!) is placed on the motor chamber or body iB. For this reason the passage 52 is formed in an overhanging part of the pad 39. After the placement of the cover on the body, and with the aid of an interposed gasket 6l, an airtight joint will be effected upon the tightening of the screws 40. The U- shaped lter chamber partially encircles the automatie valve action I3, 22, and defines a chamber 62 therefor. The inner wall 51 is provided with air ow slots 63 while the outer wall '58 has like 1I to move in a counterclockwise direction; inlFig.

ll, to pull the air in through=-the inletport'35 from the accessory and toidischarge 1it-through the outlet port 3Tinto'the-crankcase38.

In operation; to start thecleanen the'motorist will turn the knobl'f to 'shift the'valveto'the position Shown in" Figs; 5 and; 6 wherein the two sources of suctiongthe pump 36"and themanifold'^'33,-will have` joint 'communicationthrougih the valve 7pas- `sage 43 to-the supply-port f3' through the vrvalve "passage l5 and-theconnectedone'ofthe ports H3,

I1. Suohcommunicationwill befextended tothe motorchamber at the'respective side of the piston `9, they opposite sidel vof lthe motor/chamber; being opened to the-atmosphere through the 'uncovered chamber port. VvAt an-idlingspeed themanif-old suction will preferably dominate lthe* pump generated suction; at -whi-ch` time the manifoldl check `Ivalve M will unseat While the pump vcheck valve 45 will-seat. -As-the engine is accelerated and the pump is turned over '-at av higher speed thefpump suction Will vdominate n"the vmanifold Asuction to open the check valve '45 and to `close the l-valve do. -Inbetween there will ibe a :theoretical vpoint at `least Where bothcheck valvesiW-ill.unseatconcurrently. If desired, 4the manifold passage L32 may4 be restricted: in its-capacity,AA .as indicated at l2, to avoid any sudden change in the wiper yspeed i during this -transition-per-iod fwherein `all oft the vair which .Senter-s ,the motor chamber will be ,motorchamber; at the.' opposite ,sidesof-.the piston ,will be opened lto the atmosphere through ythe registering vof the ventingy port 55 onthe .chamber -extensionp0rt IS. .Concurrently,'the .valve passage :5e will connectithegpumpisupplyport v4l to `the atmosphere supplyI port15l .forcausing the pump-to intake Aan adequate volume .of filtered air through the lter body beforey itleaveszthe filter :chamber through the outlet opening. Internal staggering ribs cl3 vformed .on the opposing 'faces of 'the .walls ,-51, '-58 .will serve to support `the filter-.body from about the air flow passages S3, 6d to increase the efficiency of the lter. Whenthefwipergisfin its parked position it will be observed that the pump suction supply passage is entirely closed off from the Windshield cleaner motor and therefore all communication with the manifold will be interrupted to prevent the pump from pulling fuel over into the crankcase and conversely to prevent the manifold suction from pulling oil out of the crankcase into the wiper motor. By extending the filter body about the automatic valve chamber it is possible to increase the capacity of the filter to a practical degree to serve not only as a filter for the -air1=whih-flows into`r thelwiperA motor-"but 'motorf unit which' v`will facilitate? the installation ofthe accessory system. Thefrotary pump may be powered in any suitable-mannerlsuch as off the cam shaftlli or it may be driven by an electric motor, if desired. The-exhaustffromi the rcrankcase ventilation may dischargeina suitablemanner as through the pipel15.

The running port I3 isy connected tothe supply ports 4I and-[l2 by'thelvalvef'passage 43 during which interval the supplyports will be in communication with eachother within the valve housing. However, when the-valve 24, Zllis moved to the r-vviper'parking position bythe manual actuatorf'! vthe crankcaseiventilating ports 41 andl will be placed in communication.with'leach other to function during .the zrelatively longer periods of Wiper idleness.

vWhile the foregoing description has' been given in detail it is Without thought of limitation since the inventive principles involved are capable of assuming other physical 'embodiments without departing from thespirit of the invention and the scope of the-appended claims.

What is claimed is:

l. A Windshield cleaner comprising a ilu-id motor unit installable as-such and having a control-valve with two suction supply passages, one for manifold connection -and one for pump connection, said valve alsor having a-running portra parking port, a cra-nkcase Ventilating port, and-a valving member operable selectively to connect both passages jointly to the running port or to connect the' pump passage tothe Ventilating port and the manifold'passage vto the parking port while disconnecting the running'port from both passages.

2. A Windshield cleaner comprising `a fluid `motor'having a'control valvemwith vtwo suction 'uid pressure differential 4on the piston, a Yfilter compartment on the body extended about the 'mechanism toform a valve chambertherefor and having inner and outer walls joined by end walls, one end wall being formed withan airiflow opening, a filter body inthe compartment,the ycover having a ported valve'seat with'acrankcase ventilating port'openingtowardthe body in registry with 'the end wall 'opening "and 'a `second port leading to the automatic valve mechanism, a suction supply passage-means, andacontrol' valving member slidable 'on' the "seat to connect "the ports selectively to the passage means.

4. A windshield cleaner comprising a fluid motor unit having a control valve with a seat formed with two suction supply passages, one for manifold connection and one for pump connection, automatic valve mechanism having two chamber ports and a supply port, the latter opening into the valve seat, said seat also having a parking port and a crankcase Ventilating port,

'7 and a valving member operable on the seatA selectively to connect both passages jointly t0 the supply port ol to connect the pump passage to the Ventilating port and the manifold passage to the parking port while `closing both passages from communication with one another.

5. A windshield cleaner comprising a iiuid motor unit having a self-embodied filter with a motor-running outlet and a crankcase ventilating outlet, and a control valve with two suction supply passages, one for a manifold connection and one for a pump connection, said valve also having a running port, a parking port, a crankcase Ventilating port, automatic valve mechanism communicating with the motor-running outlet and operable to actuate the motor unit, and a valving member operable selectively to connect both passages jointly to the running port or to connect the pump passage to the Ventilating outlet of the filler and the manifold passage to the parking port while disconnecting the running port from both passages.

6. A windshield cleaner comprising a duid motor having a chambered body with a piston therein, automatic valve mechanism operable to reverse the fluid pressure differential on the piston, a filter compartment on the body extending about the mechanism to form a valve chamber therefor and having an air outlet opening into the valve chamber and a second air outlet, the chambered body having a removable cover, the latter having a ported valve seat with one port seating upon the second air outlet to establish fluid communication therewith and a second port leading to the automatic valve mechanism, suction supply passage means, and a control valve operable on the seat to connect the ports selectively to the passage.

7. An accessory system comprising in combination with the intake manifold as a primary source of suction and a suction generating pump as a second source of suction, an accessory fluid motor including an automatic valve mechanism operable to reverse th-e fluid pressure diiferential on the piston of the motor, a control valve for the motor having a seat with two adjoining ports, one for each source having fluid communication therewith, said seat having a running port, a valving member movable upon the seat and having a port-connecting passage which in one position establishes intercommunication between the i three ports and in a second position interrupts the communication between the adjoining ports one with the other and with the running port, and a check valve for each of the adjoining ports acting to preclude one source pulling uid from the other source into the interposed accessory motor.

8. An accessory system comprising in combination with the intake manifold as a primary source of suction and a suction generating pump as a second source of suction, an accessory uid motor including an automatic valve mechanism operable to reverse the uid pressure differential on the piston of the motor, a control Valve for the motor having a seat with two adjoining ports,

one for each source having fluid communication therewith, said seat having a running port, a valving member movable upon the seat and having a port-connecting passage which in one position establishes intercommunication between the three ports and in a second position interrupts the communication between the adjoining ports one with the other and with the running port, and a check valve for each of the adjoining ports acting to preclude one source pulling fluid from me other source into the interposed accessory motor, said valve seat having a crankcase ventilating port and said valving member having a second passage which in said second position acts to establish communication between the ventilating port and the pump.

9. An accessory system comprising in combination with the intake manifold as a primary source of suction and a suction generating pump as a second source of suction, an accessory fluid motor including an automatic valve mechanism operable to reverse the fluid pressure differential on the piston of the motor, a control valve for the motor having a seat with two adjoining ports, one for each source having fluid communication therewith, said seat having a running port, a valving member movable upon the seat and havlng a port-connecting passage which in one position establishes intercommunication between the three ports and in a second position interrupts the communication between the adjoining ports one with the other and with the running port, and a check valve for each of the adjoining ports acting to preclude one source pulling fluid from the other source into the interposed accessory motor, said valve seat having a case Ventilating port and a parking port, and said valve member having second and third passages, one of which in said second position serves to connect the ventilating port to the pump and the other of which serves to connect the parking port to the manifold.

10. A windshield cleaner system comprising in combination with the intake manifold as a primary source of suction and a suction generating pump as a second source of suction, a wiper, a fluid motor for operating the wiper and including an automatic valve mechanism operable to reverse the fluid pressure differential on the piston of the motor, a control valve for the motor having a seat with two adjoining ports, one for each source having fluid communication therewith, said seat having a running port,` a valving member movable upon the seat and having a port-connecting passage which in one position establishes intercommunication between the three ports and in a second position interrupts the communication between the adjoining ports one with the other and with the running port, a check valve for each of the adjoining ports acting to preclude one source pulling iiuid from the other source into the interposed accessory motor, and a filter on the motor common to both sources.

No references cited. 

